1、2016东北师大附中高考英语二轮：任务型阅读理解选练（5）及答案任务型阅读理解，各省市的命名的各不相同，大概有信息匹配、七选五、阅读表达、任务型读写、任务型阅读等等。【上海市虹口区2014模拟】任务型阅读 Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.“There is a senseless concept that children grow up and leave home when the
2、y are 18, and the truth is far from that,” says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin. Today, unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents. Analysts raised a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. One important reason is that the marriage age is rising
3、, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people, which is second to skyrocketing housing costs to which young people find their wings attached. Besides, a high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally hur
4、t survivors back to parental shelters. For some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so great that many students now attend local schools. Living at home, says Knighton, a school teacher, continues to give her security and moral support. Her mother agreed, “It is ridiculous
5、 for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makes sense for kids to stay at home.” But sharing the family home requires adjustments for all. There are the quarrels over bathrooms, telephones and privacy. Some families, however, manage the delicate balancing act. But for others, it proves too di
6、fficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times and left three times. “What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem,” she explains. “He never liked anyone I dated, so I either had to hide away to meet them at friends houses.”It is really hard to say how long adul
7、t children should live with their parents before moving on. Nevertheless, it is commonly recognized that lengthy homecomings are a mistake and they accidentally destroy the advantage of brief visits that will strengthen the relationship between parents and children. Children, struggling to establish
8、 separate identities, can end up with “a sense of inadequacy, defeat and failure.” And aging parents, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities, which is definitely a stress for them.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements
9、in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)78. Whats the most important reason for young adults returning to the nest?79. Knighton enjoys living at home due to _.80. What has resulted in the Michelle Del Turcos unhappy experience with her dad?81. From the passage, we can conclude it is _ that benefit(s) both adul
10、t children and their parents to avoid lengthy homecomings.【参考答案】78. skyrocketing housing costs79. a sense of security and moral support80. They failed to manage the delicate balancing act.81. brief visits任务型读写【2015高考复习】任务型读写A study published Monday found that people who sleep less tend to be fat，and
11、 experts said its time to find out if more sleep will fight fatness.“Weve put so much emphasis on diet and exercise that weve failed to recognize the value of good sleep，”said Fred Turek，a physician at Northwestern University.Mondays study from Eastern Virgnia Medical School in Norfolk covered 1,000
12、 people and found that total sleep time decreased as body mass indexa measure of weight based on height increased.“Men slept an average of 27 minutes less than women and overweight and fat patients slept less than patients with normal weights，”it said.In general the fatter subjects slept about 1.8 h
13、ours a week less than those with normal weights.“Americans experience insufficient sleep and fat bodies.Clinicians are aware of the burden of fatness on patients，”the study said.“Our findings suggest that major extensions of sleep time may not be necessary，as an extra 20 minutes of sleep per night s
14、eems to be associated with a lower body mass index，”it added.“We caution that this study does not set up a causeandeffect relationship between restricted sleep and fatness，but investigations indicating success in weight loss via extensions of sleep would help greatly to set up such a relationship.”
15、The study was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine along with an editorial by Turek and Northwestern colleague Joseph Bass commenting on it and related research.Inan interview，Turek said some studies have shown the lack of sleep causes declines in an appetiteholding back protein hormone，an
16、d increases in another hormone that cause a longing for food.“In addition neuropathies(神经疗法)in the brain governing sleep and fatness appear to overlap(部分重叠)，”he said.“Fatness has been rising dramatically in developed countries and reached epidemic(流行病)levels in the United States，”it added，“leading t
17、o a variety of health problems.”A new study having been 20._21._in the pastdiet and 22._this timesleepA study from Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolPeople1,000 were 23._differenceMen slept 27ms less than women on 24._Americans problem25._ sleep and fat bodiesconclusionWeight loss set up 26._ between s
18、leep & fatness.ReasonLess sleep causes protein hormone to 27._concerndeveloping countriesrising with 28._speedin the USAquite 29._20published 在第一段提到这个研究已经成为公众所知。21Emphasis 在第二段第一句说到人们以前把研究肥胖原因的重点放在饮食和锻炼上。22exercise 以前研究的重点是饮食和锻炼，现在是研究睡眠。23covered 这里的covered与第三段第一句话里的一样，意为“采访”。24average an average of
19、“以的平均数”，on average“平均为”。25insufficient 本文研究的就是睡眠不足与肥胖之间的关系。26relationship/connection 根据文中的“investigations indicating success in weight loss via extensions of sleep would help greatly to set up such a relationship”可知，减肥在一定程度上印证了这个观点。27reduce/decline 睡眠不足使得某种荷尔蒙减少。28high 根据最后一段可知在发展中国家，这个问题很突出，可以猜测出dr
20、amatically这个副词是个程度副词，意为“极度地，明显地”。29common 在美国这个问题几乎到了流行病的程度，说明这已是普遍现象。【上海市黄浦区2014模拟】任务型阅读Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. applicationsB. devotedC. easy-goingD. efficientlyE. in
21、creasinglyF. interactG. freshH. publicizeI. respectJ. traditionalK. wildfireWhen US Duke University second-year student Christian Drappi sees someone using a Square (an electronic payment service) credit card reader, he pulls out his phone, takes a picture and uploads it to Twitter. “It kind of spre
22、ads like _41_ through Twitter,” said Drappi, who is a campus brand representative for Square. Companies are _42_ using college campus brand representatives to spread the word about their products. These representatives often rely on word-of-mouth tools like social media to _43_ the company and any p
23、romotional events they host.Though the brand representative is no stranger to the college marketing scene, social media are changing how these representatives _44_ with students of their same age and how effectively their message is communicated. Companies like Red Bull, Microsoft and Twitter all ha
24、ve campus representatives _45_ to spreading good news about the brand.“Campus representatives approach students groups, local merchants and other prospective users to demonstrate how the card reader works and its advantages over _46_ machines.” Adam Bassett, who runs the Square U program said.Cord S
25、ilverstein, executive vice president of interactive communications at the Raleigh advertising agency Capstrat, said, “Social media have made it easier than ever for college students to share opinions on a product with their friends. Someones friend, someone they _47_, like a student or a professor,
26、these people are having much greater influence on what college students think, like and dont like, because they trust their opinions.”When looking at representative _48_, McCarthy, who heads the campus representative program for Square, said the company looks for _49_ students who are social-media u
27、nderstanding. “Three or four years ago, brand representatives on campus were a(n) _50_ idea. Now companies have them everywhere. Theres only so much mindshare to capture.” McCathy emphasized. 【参考答案】41 45 KEHFB 46 50 JIACG 【上海市虹口区2014模拟】任务型阅读Directions: Complete the following passage by using the wor
28、ds in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. adapt B. natives C. identities D. cost-saving E. alert F. insteadG. established H. practically I. route J. enrolled K. significantOfficials at Boston College have made what may be a critical decision: t
29、heyve stopped giving out new email accounts to incoming students. The officials realized that the students had already established digital 41 by the time they entered college, so the new email addresses were just not being used, but, 42 , the college will offer forwarding (转发) services.Starting next
30、 year, freshman 43 at Boston College wont be given an actual email account complete with login and inbox, just an email address. This address, in the format of johnsmithbc. edu will simply forward mail to the students already 44 inbox, be it Gmail, Windows Live Mail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, or whatever els
31、e they may be using.The college reached a smart decision after first looking into outsourcing （外包） their email to the cloud. While the Boston College decision may have been made for 45 reasons more than anything, we can easily imagine this as being the start of a new trend.Can you even imagine a U.S
32、. college student who didnt have an email address of their own by the time they were a freshman? Its 46 unheard of. Todays students are digital 47 immersed (浸润) in technology from the day they were born. It simply doesnt make sense to give them yet another account to manage when they enter college.B
33、y going this 48 , there are still some challenges to overcome, though. For example, a student who changes their email carrier will probably forget to 49 the institution to the change and could then miss out on 50 messages from the university with regard to their courses, scholarship, safety information, etc.In the end, we think the decision Boston College made could easily be the start of a new trend. Were sure the students like it, too. 【参考答案】41. C 42. F 43. J 44. G 45. D 46. H 47. B 48. I 49. E 50. K
